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Kanji for Ten
The kanji for “ten” is 十, read juu and written in 2 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
ten
Ten; complete and whole.
2 strokes On reading ジュウ、ジッ、ジュッ (juu, jitsu, jutsu) Kun reading とお、と、そ (too, to, so) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: ten
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jitsu, juu, so, to, tou, too
In Japan it appears in about 678 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 十: Jewel 十恵瑠 · Vitor 美十琉 · Jewell 十恵瑠 · Judith 十二澄
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